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It&#8217;s located on a peninsula between&nbsp;Pacific Ocean&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/place/San-Francisco-Bay\">San Francisco Bay</a>.&nbsp;It is the cultural and financial center of the west&nbsp;United States, and the most&nbsp;cosmopolitan&nbsp;city in the country.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://inventivs.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rich-hay-V0YpBGGk-_A-unsplash-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7122\" srcset=\"https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rich-hay-V0YpBGGk-_A-unsplash-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rich-hay-V0YpBGGk-_A-unsplash-240x300.jpg 240w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rich-hay-V0YpBGGk-_A-unsplash-768x960.jpg 768w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rich-hay-V0YpBGGk-_A-unsplash-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rich-hay-V0YpBGGk-_A-unsplash-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rich-hay-V0YpBGGk-_A-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" /><figcaption><strong>Image credit: Unsplash</strong></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You must file an application to obtain Patent protection in <a href=\"https://sf.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">San Francisco</a>.&nbsp;A patent is a type intellectual property. It&#8217;s a property that comes from the mind and is a form of intellectual property.&nbsp;The Government grants patent rights to inventors for inventions.&nbsp;Patent rights provide inventors with protection from other inventors.&nbsp;The Patent rights also prevent others from using or selling the invention, usually for 20 years.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The USPTO website allows you to fill out a US Patent application in San Francisco.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/u-s-patent-and-trademark-office\">The United States Patent and Trademark Office</a>&nbsp;is a federal agency that grants patents.&nbsp;The Silicon Valley USPTO Office is the West Coast regional USPTO office.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.ipexcel.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IPexcel </a>is one of many professional patent filing service providers in San Francisco.&nbsp;The Patents Act requires that applicants file their applications in accordance with the requirements.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Inventions and Patents</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>San Francisco is well-known for many things, but did you know many household items were created in San Francisco?&nbsp;Bay Area inventions, discoveries.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Denim Jeans</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeans were originally known as &#8220;waist overcoats&#8221; and were created to be rugged work wear for the California Gold Rush&#8217;s gold miners.&nbsp;The fashion revolution started when Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss, based in San Francisco, filed a patent on denim pants that were reinforced with copper rivets. 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It also has the distinction of being the birthplace for the jukebox.&nbsp;Louis Glass and William S. Arnold invented the nickel-inthe-slot-phonograph in San Francisco, CA in 1890.&nbsp;It was first installed at the Palais Royale Saloon on 23/11/1889 .&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href=\"https://retronewser.com/2019/11/23/first-jukebox-debuts-at-palais-royale-saloon-in-san-francisco/\">design featured multiple headphones</a>&nbsp;or &#8220;listening tubes&#8221; for listeners as they crowded around a phonograph.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Television</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>San Francisco was home to another piece of hardware that changed the world, the television. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/philo-farnsworth\" target=\"_blank\">Philo Farnsworth</a> and his &#8220;Lab Gang&#8221;, located at the corner of Green Street and Sansome Streets in San Francisco, invented the all-electronic TV in 1927. In 1929, he transmitted the first TV live transmission featuring Elma. &nbsp;Farnsworth did not reap the benefits of his groundbreaking invention.&nbsp;Farnsworth may be considered the father of television. However, he made only one television appearance in 1957, as a mystery guest on CBS&#8217; quiz show &#8220;I&#8217;ve Got A Secret&#8221;.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Slot machine</strong></h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine Las Vegas and Atlantic City without slots machines.&nbsp;Charles Fey, the inventor of the three-reel Liberty Bell slots machine in San Francisco, created it in 1899.&nbsp;Gambling payouts were traditionally given to an attendant before his invention.&nbsp;Fey improved that system by making it easy to withdraw coins directly from the machine.&nbsp;California Historical Landmark Number 937 has been designated at&nbsp;<a href=\"https://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/cal0937.asp\">406 Market Street</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://inventivs.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/louise-tollisen-Heq_BAEx1kA-unsplash-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7123\" srcset=\"https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/louise-tollisen-Heq_BAEx1kA-unsplash-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/louise-tollisen-Heq_BAEx1kA-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/louise-tollisen-Heq_BAEx1kA-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/louise-tollisen-Heq_BAEx1kA-unsplash-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/louise-tollisen-Heq_BAEx1kA-unsplash-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/louise-tollisen-Heq_BAEx1kA-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" /><figcaption><strong>Image credit: Unsplash</strong></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Cable cars</strong></h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it  to creating the first cable car system the same thing as&nbsp;inventing the cable car ?&nbsp;This is the argument with Andrew Hallidie&#8217;s legacy, who in 1873 promoted the creation the<a href=\"http://www.cablecarmuseum.org/co-clay-st-hill.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http://www.cablecarmuseum.org/co-clay-st-hill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Clay Street Hill Railroad.</a>&nbsp;Clay Street Hill Railroad was the world&#8217;s first street railway and San Franciscans hailed Hallidie as the father for the cable car.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Bendy straws</strong></h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Friedman witnessed his daughter Judith struggling to drink milkshakes with a straight straw one day in the 1930s in San Francisco.&nbsp;He returned home that night and made some accordion-like grooves at the straw&#8217;s middle using a screw and dental floss. The bendy straw was born.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" src=\"https://inventivs.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/straws-6570245__340.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7125\" srcset=\"https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/straws-6570245__340.jpg 510w, https://wp.inventiv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/straws-6570245__340-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" /><figcaption><strong>Image credit: Pixabay</strong></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Murphy bed</strong></h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Living in a small apartment in San Francisco is a challenge. You know how important it is to have multiple functional furniture.&nbsp;William Lawrence Murphy lived in a San Francisco apartment studio apartment in the late 19th century.&nbsp;Murphy wanted to be able entertain his lover, but social norms meant that a woman should not enter a man&#8217;s bed room.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/curator-finds-murphy-beds-place-in-american-history-48350873/\">Murphy designed a bed</a>&nbsp;which could be hidden in a closet and transformed his small apartment into a parlor suitable for courtship.</p>\n","id":"cG9zdDo3MTE4","uri":"/inventors-and-patents-from-san-francisco-bay/","title":"Inventors and Patents From San Francisco","tags":{"nodes":[]},"categories":{"nodes":[{"name":"uncategorized"}]},"featuredImage":null}},"pageContext":{"slug":"inventors-and-patents-from-san-francisco-bay","neId":"7118","categories":["3D Printing","Animal Health","Apple","Artificial Intelligence","Autonomous Vehicles","Biopharmaceuticals","Blockchain Fintech","Cannabis Patents and Trademarks","Chemical Products","Communications","Consumer Products","Digital Healthcare","Electronics","Food Science Packaging","Industrial Products","Infectious Diseases","Internet","Medical Device","Metaverse","Nanotechnology","Prescription &amp; OTC Drugs","Software","Start Up","Therapeutic Antibodies","uncategorized"],"tags":["Alphabet","Amazon","Facebook/Meta","Microsoft","Patent Review","Samsung"],"siteUrl":"https://inventivs.net"}},
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